If you were to ask a progressive parent in Ireland, or indeed most of the western world, about their attitude to teenage sexual activity, the chances are that at some stage you would hear somebody say words to the effect of “if they are going to do it, let’s make sure it’s as safe as […]
A story, from the Irish Times, to lift the spirits. After all, if we at Gript can’t cheer a Professor telling a bunch of layabout students that they are illiterate dunces who don’t belong in a University, well, dear reader, what are we even for? Dr Paul Stokes, a lecturer in the sociology department, delivered […]
The Irish government spent an undisclosed sum of taxpayer money on a series of explicit nude art pieces of Donald Trump, which will reportedly soon be added to the National Collection (censored bars added by Gript for social media community guidelines reasons). The piece, entitled “The Emperor Has No Clothes”, was created by Cavan artist […]
Every single Irish MEP, including Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan and Sinn Féin’s Chris MacManus, voted in favour of covid passports in the European Parliament, except for Clare Daly and Mick Wallace, who voted against. The vote passed overwhelmingly by 540 votes to 119 (with 31 abstentions), meaning the European Parliament has now approved plans for the […]
Three men have been arrested during Garda raids across Ireland as Gardaí investigate an alleged organised international criminal organisation involved in aiding illegal immigration. The operation, which was launched by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), ran parallel with similar police searches in the UK by British Immigration Enforcement. Europol agents were also reportedly involved. […]
TDs have sternly hit out at the “totalitarian” ban on protests under the covid-19 restrictions, where taxi drivers who planned to protest inside their cars have been prohibited from demonstrating by Gardaí. “In the last couple of hours, I have been informed by the four national representative taxi groups that the Garda has banned their […]
A rural independent TD has called in the Dáil for the licence fee to be spread around other organisations, including VIrgin Media and Gript, to end what he calls RTÉ’s “monopoly” on funding. “I want to talk about the broadcasting aspect of the Bill,” said Cork South-West TD Michael Collins during a Dáil debate on […]
Following the resignation of his Dáil seat, former Fine Gael TD, Eoghan Murphy ,will receive €61,320 in termination payments over the next eight months. In his role as a TD, Mr Murphy earned a salary of €98,113 per annum which determines the payoff he will receive as he resigns his seat. The lump sum is […]
The shock announcement comes less than a day after four DUP MPs and 22 DUP MLAs signed a letter of no-confidence in the DUP leader.
The eurosceptic Irish Freedom Party has called for a referendum on what they describe as the government’s “more radical” immigration proposals, saying that “on a matter of profound change, the Irish people should have the final say”. “The Irish Freedom Party are calling for a referendum on recently announced plans relating to immigration,” the party […]
Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle has slammed Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris for failing to address issues affecting third level students, and spending too much time on the teen social media site TikTok. “We hear more from Simon Harris on Covid-19 issues than on the issues affecting our tens of thousands of third level […]
Justice Minister Helen McEntee appeared evasive yesterday when asked about how her department would prevent future instances of illegal immigration by Gript reporters. “Minister, your department is planning to give amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants later in this year,” asked Gript’s Ben Scallan during a press conference on Tuesday about a new […]